Fun Facts

Did you know the Missouri Lottery has awarded more than $2.3 billion in jackpot prizes (around $7.6 billion in prizes overall!), and more than half of the winners continue to work? Impress your friends with more Lottery trivia.

The three highest multi-state Lottery jackpots awarded nationwide were: $390 million (two tickets) in Mega Millions on March 6, 2007; $380 million (two tickets) in Mega Millions on Jan. 4, 2011; and $365 million (one ticket) in Powerball on Feb. 18, 2006.
Currently, 307 tickets worth $1 million or more have been sold since the Missouri Lottery began in 1986, with more than $2.3 billion in jackpot prizes.
The largest Powerball prize awarded in the state of Missouri was $258.5 million, won by a Marshall man on April 21, 2010.
Forty-four co-workers at the Independence Power & Light Department shared a $5.4 Million Powerball jackpot on May 23, 1998.
The largest Lotto jackpot was a $19 million jackpot ($9.5 million cash) won by Phillip and Margaret McClurg of St. Louis on June 10, 2000.
The Missouri Lottery averages more than 172,093 winners per day, totaling more than $2 million in prizes!
An average of 502 players win every day playing Pick 3.
An average of 72 players win every day playing Pick 4.
Of Missouri Lottery jackpot winners, 75 percent are between the ages of 30 and 60.
Nearly all Missouri Lottery winners continue to play the Lottery.

The Typical Missouri Lottery Player: Is between the ages of 25 and 54; Has a household income between $25,000 and $60,000; Is a high school graduate with some additional education; Is married; and Is employed.	First Missouri Lottery Millionaire Johnnie Magerl (now deceased) Kansas City, Kan. Feb. 13, 1986 $2,116,504 Jackpot Wheel Spin
Largest Lottery Prize Chris Shaw Marshall, MO April 21, 2010 $258.5 million Powerball	Oldest Missouri Lottery Millionaire Omer Williamson (now deceased) Fulton, MO Age 85 years, 187 days old when he won in January 1992 $3.5 million Missouri Lotto
Youngest Missouri Lottery Millionaire Justin Glidewell Jefferson City, MO Age 18 when he won in December 2006 $50,000 a year for life ($1.5 million guaranteed) "Lifetime Riches"	First Corporation to Win a Jackpot Royale Marketing, Inc. Clayton, MO April 8, 1992 $19.4 million Missouri's Megabucks
First Partnership to Win a Jackpot Johnson Family Partnership Florissant, MO Nov. 1, 1997 Powerball - 20-year annuity	Winner to Go the Longest Without Claiming Gwendolyn Rackley Lotto winner from Aug. 1, 1998, drawing Claimed on May 11, 1999 - nine months and 11 days after the draw
Jackpot With the Most Winning Tickets Sept. 30, 2000 Missouri Lotto Three tickets sold matched all six numbers $6.8 million/$2.27 million each	Jackpot Shared With the Most People Independence Power & Light Department May 23, 1998 Powerball $10 million jackpot/$5.4 cash option Split among 44 employees
Largest Jackpot Wheel Spin Prize $8.1 million Jean Winters St. Louis, MO March 12, 1987	Largest Lotto Jackpot Won $19 million jackpot ($9.5 million cash) Phillip and Margaret McClurg St. Louis, MO June 10, 2000
First Lotto Winner Ronald & Mary Ann Brinker Pacific, MO Oct. 18, 1986 $1,136,003	First Powerball Jackpot Won in Missouri Ruth House St. Ann, MO Dec. 23, 1992 $5.2 million
Largest Powerball Prize Won in Missouri Chris Shaw Marshall, MO April 21, 2010 $258.5 million

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